Six years clean and I still hate/dread parties.

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6. Well, I think that most people don't really lapse into endless alcoholic drinking, some do, of course, but the majority

of us don't. I encourage you to still go to parties, I've had guests who told me that they were sober, and staying that way, so I prep'ed a separate room in the house where they can all go (or they could go outside) to a refuge sort of, to speak. As old as I'm getting to, most of us up there don't hardly drink anymore anyways.

I've always enjoyed the parties but I found out that most people don't reciprocate, so you don't have a lot coming to your load of shouldering the parties yourself (I did at first, there were 3 of us that sponsored the annual party every year, so that was nice, one would take care of the food, one would take care of the drinks, and so forth...as we got older we don't 'party' as much, if anything, prefer a night quiet night at home).